Thursday, September 28, 2017
Budget Chain hotels within walking distance of northern Thameslink stations
I don't claim this is complete. I compiled the list in September 2017 for my own use - and thought it would be good to share it.
These are the budget chain hotels that I found within walking distance of Thameslink stations between central London and Luton:
These are the budget chain hotels that I found within walking distance of Thameslink stations between central London and Luton:
Luton
Easy Hotel
(2-star: minimalist rooms, sometimes the cheapest option)
Premier
Inn Luton Town Centre - about 1km to station
St Albans
Elstree &
Borehamwood
Travelodge
Borehamwood Studio Way – about 1.8km to station, c400m to bus
Travelodge
Borehamwood (Elstree Way) often cheap deals but 2km to station (direct
bus passes door)
Premier
Inn Elstree/Borehamwood (opposite Elstree Way Travelodge) - 2km to station
(direct bus passes door)
Hendon
Premier
Inn (The Hyde) –
Cricklewood
Travelodge
Cricklewood - very close to station
St Pancras
(Also full Premier Inn and Travelodge branches near, but
typically quite expensive)
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Setting up a Virtual XP machine using Hyper-V: what if your XP CD is an Upgrade version?
I wanted to set up Win 98 on Hyper-V for Windows 10. But my first attempt failed, because my XP disk is an upgrade version, and merely inserting a Win-98 disk in the CD drive (as bidden by the XP installation screen) didn't work.
(Incidentally, I had problems using "Quick Create" in Hyper-V. "New" worked fine)
Here is how to do it:
Preparation
Create an ISO (eg using Imgburn) from your XP CD
Create a BIN (eg using Imgburn) from your Win 98 CD (needed if your XP CD is an UPGRADE one)
Converted the resultant Win-98 BIN to ISO using WinISO
Action
Now, create your VM using Hyper-V. Specify the XP ISO as the Operating System source.
When the WinXP installation on the VM asks you to insert Win 98 etc CD (to show that you qualify for upgrade version of XP), go to the Media tab in Hyper-V and point it to your Win-98 ISO file.
It should then install without problems.
(Incidentally, I had problems using "Quick Create" in Hyper-V. "New" worked fine)
Here is how to do it:
Preparation
Create an ISO (eg using Imgburn) from your XP CD
Create a BIN (eg using Imgburn) from your Win 98 CD (needed if your XP CD is an UPGRADE one)
Converted the resultant Win-98 BIN to ISO using WinISO
Action
Now, create your VM using Hyper-V. Specify the XP ISO as the Operating System source.
When the WinXP installation on the VM asks you to insert Win 98 etc CD (to show that you qualify for upgrade version of XP), go to the Media tab in Hyper-V and point it to your Win-98 ISO file.
It should then install without problems.
